Glastonbury Police: Drunk Driver Drives Himself To The Police Station

Shortly before 5:30 a.m., Sergio Arana-Martinez drove an SUV into the back part of the police parking lot, ignoring signs that read, "Emergency Vehicles Only," Sgt. Joel White said. He stopped on the wrong side of a security gate, he said.

He then backed up into a parked patrol car and tried to leave, pulling forward and backward in a series of maneuvers, White said.

Dispatcher Tom Lenkiewicz saw the headlights piercing in the early-morning darkness on surveillance cameras and alerted officers, White said. Police stopped Arana-Martinez, walked him into the police station and charged him with driving while under the influence, evading the scene of an accident, driving without insurance and unsafe backing, police said.

Arana-Martinez, 39 — who lives near the police station on Williams Street East — was released on a promise to appear in Superior Court in Manchester Oct. 4.